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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1914

Page

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Many Local Clubs Host Socials and Dinners Tonight

A wave of social events fills Waterloo with gatherings from First Presbyterian handshakes at the James Black residence to Catillion Club dances in Elke hall. Wanderlust walkers plan five hundred miles of yearly strides amid festive clubs and a Catillon Ball night concludes with a full guest list and decorated elk motifs.

First Preserver James Black Grant Chautauqua Circle C. Cadwallader K. of P. Hall, Myers’ Orchestra Hether St. Paul's Church W. A. Law la Lomita Club R. L. Stetzel St. Francis Circle Raymond Scribner Yngersoll Waterloo Fort Dodge Balbhella Cedar Rapids Catillon ¢Inh Charles W. Chapman Elbert L., Johnson Ben R. Lichty F. F. McElhinney Fred I., Northey Harold DB. Plumble Messrs Jackson McCoy Burr G. Lichty George Williams Genevieve Zimmerman First Presbyterian Church

Courier Patterns for Courier Fashion Department Coupon

To obtain up-to-date Courier pattern designs send the coupon to Fashion Department, Evening Courier, Waterloo, enclosing 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns accommodate seams. Orders are filled promptly and should reach you within ten days after mailing the order.

Fashion Department

Mary Pickford In Such a Little Queen At Plaza Theatre

Mary Pickford drew strong crowds at the Plaza Theatre Waterloo with Such a Little Queen a tale of royal expulsion and a bid to survive in New York. The prints and music pleased patrons and built a warm following.

Mary Pickford The Plaza New York

Officer 666 at Palace Theatre with Howard Estabrook

The Palace presents Howard Estabrook in Cohan and Harris great comedy Officer 666 for Wednesday and Thursday. Augustin MacHugh wrote the play and with George Cohan and Sam Harris arranged for George Kleine to receive the tights for the picture version. Frank Powell, director, has produced decisively excellent results in screening the story.

Howard Estabrook Cohan Harris Officer 666 Augustin MacHugh George Cohan Sam Harris George Kleine Frank Powell

Christmas Cantata Draws Large Crowd at First Presbyterian

A Waterloo Christmas program at the First Presbyterian Church featured a large choir under Prof. Scott J. Prowell. The cantata filled the sealing capacity, with solos duets and choruses delivering varied musical effects. Rev. John Robertson Macartney spoke for twenty minutes, and the sermon on Daniel’s Seventy Weeks was postponed to future Sundays.

Waterloo First Presbyterian Church Scott J. Prowell John Robertson Macartney Daniel

Ministers Retreat Sets Day and Weather Alerts

The city ministers meet at Grace Methodist Episcopal on December 31 with Rev. G R Parker presiding. Sessions cover Paul's renunciation ambition and anticipation, lunch for ministers, then a layman’s view on ministry by attorney J B Tuthill, followed by a general conference. Six homes quarantined for scarlet fever and diphtheria with new cases listed. Weather warns of a cold wave after a snowstorm.

Grace Methodist Episcopal Church G. R. Parker Philippians Paul F. Q. Brown W. H. Beachter la. m A. J. Northrup E. J. Lang Tuthill

Dubuque Woman Dies in Waterloo

Dubuque native Mrs. Philometa Jackson aged 65 died suddenly from asthma complications yesterday afternoon at her daughter Mrs. N A Clancy's home 210 North Barclay Waterloo where she had stayed five weeks. Born Philomena Trainor in Dubuque February 1849 she lived there most of her life. She was married to Jay Jackson who died about eleven years ago. Surviving are five children Mrs Clancy Mrs Nettle Lyons Dubuque Mrs Lillian Murphy Rock Island Howard Jackson Davenport Charles and Clement Jackson Tucson Ariz. Funeral services from St Josephs Catholic church Wednesday at 9:30 AM burial in Calvary cemetery.

Philometa Jackson Dubuque N. A. Clancy North Barclay Street Waterloo Jackson Philomena Trainor Sinsinnawa Mound Jay Jackson Clancy Nettle Lyons Lillian Murphy Rock Island Howard Jackson Davenport Charles Clemment Jackson Tucson Ariz Arizona Katherine Holmes Langing St. Joseph's Catholic Church Calvary Cemetery

Heating plant equipped with automatic stoker for bank building

The Leavitt and Johnson bank building will install an automatic stoker in its heating plant. The device is guaranteed to cut fuel costs by 20 percent and to operate furnaces smoke free. A Model laundry will receive a similar installation.

Leavitt & Johnson Bank

Mrs Penkerton Improving After Hospital Operation

Mrs. Sam H. Pinkerton is reported to be rapidly improving after an operation at Augustana hospital in Chicago last Wednesday. She was accompanied by her husband and left the city a week ago Sunday. If all goes well, she hopes to be home in about three weeks. Mr. Pinkerton returned to Waterloo yesterday morning.

Penkerton Sam H. Pinkerton Augustana Hospital Chicago Pinkerton Waterloo

Bullet injures two men in store mishap

In a W. H. Meyers second hand store the accidental discharge of a revolver injured John Bertle and Harold Meyers Monday afternoon. Bertle was shot through the hand while Meyers suffered a leg wound as Hortle, who was handling the gun, tried to place it back in the rack. Both men had examined the revolver previously but did not realize it was loaded.

John Bertle Harold Meyers W. H. Meyers Tertle Meyers Hortle Bertie

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